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Celebrate Black history month by learning about some amazing people!

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Feb 1

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Nashlie Sephus, Principal Tech Evangelist for Amazon AI focusing on fairness and identifying biases at AWS AI. https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep59-nashlie-sephus ACM ByteCast, hosted by Rashmi Mohan

learning.acm.orgIn this episode of ACM ByteCast, Rashmi Mohan hosts Nashlie Sephus, Principal Tech Evangelist for Amazon AI focusing on fairness and identifying biases at AWS AI.In this episode of ACM ByteCast, Rashmi Mohan hosts Nashlie Sephus, Principal Tech Evangelist for Amazon AI focusing on fairness and identifying biases at AWS AI.

Feb 1

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Mark Dean helped create the first personal computers at IBM, creating the architecture that allowed peripherals like keyboard, printer and mouse to be connected to the motherboard.
https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/diversity-people-mark_dean/

Teaching London Computing: A RESOURCE HUB from CAS LONDON & CS4FN · Feb 13, 2019Mark Dean: Computer ArchitectureMark Dean was lead on the team that designed the first IBM PC! He holds 3 of the original 9 patents for this early and groundbreaking device. One of his inventions with Dennis Moeller was of the st…

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Jelani Nelson, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Research Scientist at Google. https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep21-jelani-nelson https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2021/jelani-nelson

learning.acm.orgIn this episode of ACM ByteCast, our special guest host Scott Hanselman (of The Hanselminutes Podcast) welcomes Jelani Nelson, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Theory Group at the University of California, Berkeley and a Research Scientist at Google.In this episode of ACM ByteCast, our special guest host Scott Hanselman (of The Hanselminutes Podcast) welcomes Jelani Nelson, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Theory Group at the University of California, Berkeley and a Research Scientist at Google. His areas of interest include the theory of computation, as well as the design and analysis of algorithms, especially for massive datasets. Jelani is a member of ACM's Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory (SIGACT)’s Committee for the Advancement of Theoretical Computer Science (CATCS). Among his honors, he won the 2014 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He is the creator of AddisCoder, a computer science summer program for Ethiopian high school students in Addis Ababa.

Feb 1

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Gladys West "Many, many people were involved in creating GPS, but it was only in Black History Month of 2017 when the critical part Gladys West played became widely known. ". https://cs4fn.blog/2022/10/10/gladys-west-wheres-my-satellite-wheres-my-child-blackhistorymonth/

cs4fn · Oct 10, 2022Gladys West: Where’s my satellite? Where’s my child? #BlackHistoryMonthGladys West solved the maths problems behind the positioning of satellites. She worked closely with programmers to write the code to do calculations based on her maths.

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Yaw Anokwa, research scientist, software engineer, and entrepreneur https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep31-yaw-anokwa

learning.acm.orgIn this episode of ACM ByteCast, our special guest host Scott Hanselman (of The Hanselminutes Podcast) welcomes research scientist, software engineer, and entrepreneur Yaw Anokwa. Yaw is the founder and CEO of ODK (Open Data Kit), the offline data collection platform that helps fight disease, poverty, and inequity. He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Washington and likes to keep his bio short and sweet.In this episode of ACM ByteCast, our special guest host Scott Hanselman (of The Hanselminutes Podcast) welcomes research scientist, software engineer, and entrepreneur Yaw Anokwa. Yaw is the founder and CEO of ODK (Open Data Kit), the offline data collection platform that helps fight disease, poverty, and inequity. He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Washington and likes to keep his bio short and sweet.

Feb 1

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Clarence ‘Skip’ Ellis, computer scientist and leader in computer supported cooperative work https://cacm.acm.org/news/in-memoriam-clarence-skip-ellis-1943-2014/
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/66926.66963

Communications of the ACM · May 22, 2014In Memoriam: Clarence “skip” Ellis 1943-2014By alley

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Denae Ford Robinson, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep12-denae-ford https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/denae/

learning.acm.orgIn this episode of ByteCast, Rashmi Mohan hosts Denae Ford, a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research in the Software Analysis and Intelligence Team (SAINTes) group and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Human Centered Design and Engineering Department at the University of Washington.In this episode of ByteCast, Rashmi Mohan hosts Denae Ford, a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research in the Software Analysis and Intelligence Team (SAINTes) group and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Human Centered Design and Engineering Department at the University of Washington. Her research lies at the intersection of human-computer interaction and software engineering. In her work she identifies and dismantles cognitive and social barriers by designing mechanisms to support software developer participation in online socio-technical ecosystems. Ford is also a recipient of the National GEM Consortium Fellowship, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship. She is best known for her research on just-in-time mentorship as a mode to empower welcoming engagement in collaborative Q&A for online programming communities, including open-source software and work to empower marginalized software developers in online communities.

Feb 1

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Katherine Johnson, pioneer in space science and computing (Have you seen 'Hidden Figures'?)https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/diversity-people-katherine_johnson/

Teaching London Computing: A RESOURCE HUB from CAS LONDON & CS4FN · Feb 12, 2019Katherine Johnson: Space calculationsWorking in the area of space travel geometry, Katherine Johnson calculated the orbits and trajectory of objects like the Earth, the moon and spacecraft. Her job was to ensure that the paths taken b…

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Dr. Ayanna Howard, educator, researcher, and innovator "fundamental contributions to the development of accessible human-robotic systems and artificial intelligence" https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/howard_5736184 https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep19-ayanna-howard https://howard.ece.gatech.edu

awards.acm.orgAyanna HowardACM Award Recipient page

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Jeremiah Onaolapo, Cybersecurity researcher https://cs4fn.blog/2017/05/28/the-cyber-security-honeypot/

cs4fn · May 28, 2017The Cyber-Security Honeypotby Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London based on a talk by Jeremiah Onaolapo, UCL Image by K M Muzahidul Islam from Pixabay To catch criminals, whether old-fashioned on…

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Abdigani (Abdi) Diriye, computer scientist, technology leader and entrepreneur. https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/diversity-people-abdigani_diriye/. https://www.weforum.org/people/abdigani-diriye/ https://crestafrica.com/dr-abdigani-diriye-the-man-in-somali-pioneering-ai-and-fintech-innovation/